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THE MAGNESIUMONLINE LIBRARY

MAGNESIUM, DRINKING WATER, & HEALTH

Are you getting enough magnesium to keep yourself healthy?

"According to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1977) there have been more than 50 studies, in nine countries, that have indicated an inverse relationship between water hardness and mortality from cardiovascular disease. That is, people who drink water that is deficient in magnesium and calcium generally appear more susceptible to this disease. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has estimated that a nation-wide initiative to add calcium and magnesium to soft water might reduce the annual cardiovascular death rate by 150,000 in the United States." ( Dr. Harold D. Foster , " Groundwater and Human Health," Groundwater Resources of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks and Environment Canada, pp 6.1-6.3 (reprint), 1994.

Center for Magnesium Education & Research, Faculty Afﬁliate, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, University of Hawaii, Hilo, United States

Abstract

Universal drinking water and beverages containing moderate to high levels of magnesium (10–100 ppm) could potentially prevent 4.5 million heart disease and stroke deaths per year, worldwide. This potential is calculated with 2010 global mortality figures combined with a recent quantification of water-magnesium’s inverse association with heart disease and stroke mortality. The modern processed food diet, low in magnesium and spreading globally, makes this well-researched potential of drinking-water magnesium worth serious consideration, especially in areas where insufficient dietary intake of magnesium is prevalent.

Note from Paul the Mg Librarian: 4.5 million deaths per annum from Mg-deficient drinking water would be 450,000,000 deaths over the next 100 years. By comparison, in the previous century only about
200,000,000 died from wars.

Featured Quote:

B.M. Altura and B.T. Altura

This quote is from the conclusion of the article, Atherosclerosis and magnesium, which was published in 2009 in the WHO publication,
Calcium and Magnesium in Drinking-water: Public Health Significance. Link

"...in order to prevent or ameliorate vascular- and cardiac-related disorders, our
diets and/or drinking-water (and beverages) should be supplemented with
magnesium. For the diets, the available data suggest that the total magnesium
intake must be at least 450500 mg/day, and drinking-water should contain a
minimum of 2550 mg/l (at present, in the United States, many of our potable
water sources contain <10 mg/l). At the turn of the past century, we were
ingesting, in the United States, about 450500 mg of magnesium per day; at
present, we are ingesting about 175248 mg/day thus, a considerable
shortfall. Corrections of these deficits should perforce lead to healthier bodies,
less cardiovascular diseases and longer lifespans."

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Some of the conditions magnesium may be useful in treating or preventing are:

Consumers can take FREE magnesium rich water at the Free
Spigot located at Adobe Springs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 19,000 Del Puerto
Canyon Road, Patterson, CA 95363. Free water
may not be sold. There's a street light at the Free Spigot for night
loading.

If you would like to help Paul in his efforts to get adequate magnesium to everyone on earth through education and FDA reform, please make bequests or gifts to:
Paul Mason, P.O. Box 1417, Patterson, CA 95363 PaulMason@MgWater.com